We don't talk about trophies much.
We talk about sin. We talk about failure. We talk about the things we've done wrong that need forgiving.
But trophies are different.
Trophies are the things we've done right — and kept. The self-sufficiency. The reputation for having it together. The identity built on being the one who figures things out. The independence we've cultivated carefully because depending on anyone, even God, felt like weakness.
Trophies aren't failures. They're achievements. Which makes them so much harder to lay down.
WHERE TROPHIES FALL is Position 3 of HANDS FREE — and it's the weight-bearing position of the arc. THE WHITE-KNUCKLE LIFE named the cycle. THE FOURTH IN THE FIRE revealed who's been beside you. And now you need somewhere to put everything you've been carrying.
The cross is that place.
Tommee Profit and Ben Fuller take a hymn that has been sung for generations — that has carried more weight than any of us will fully know — and make it feel like the first time. "I surrender now. Lay my trophies down." Not just failures. Trophies.
This is what makes HANDS FREE different from a simple surrender narrative. It's not just asking you to give God your brokenness. It's asking you to give Him the stuff you built. The stuff you're proud of. The self-made identity that got you this far.
"And exchange it someday for a crown."
What are the trophies you've been holding?
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